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Page 60
... Castillians , looked fair and fat , and fed voraciously on the hams and other bucolic meats ' of Estremadura , a province still unrivalled in swine and savoury prepara- tions of pork . In this matter of eating , as in many other habits ...
... Castillians , looked fair and fat , and fed voraciously on the hams and other bucolic meats ' of Estremadura , a province still unrivalled in swine and savoury prepara- tions of pork . In this matter of eating , as in many other habits ...
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... Castillian appellation , Luis Mendez Quixada Manuel de Figueredo y Mendoza . He was the last of a knightly race of Old Castille , whose martial achieve- ments , says one of its admirers , deserve to be written with a pen plucked from ...
... Castillian appellation , Luis Mendez Quixada Manuel de Figueredo y Mendoza . He was the last of a knightly race of Old Castille , whose martial achieve- ments , says one of its admirers , deserve to be written with a pen plucked from ...
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... Castillian endearment , his uncle and aunt , he returned with the affection of a son . Doña Magdalena used to make him the dispenser of the alms of bread and money , which were given at her gate on stated days to the poor ; and her ...
... Castillian endearment , his uncle and aunt , he returned with the affection of a son . Doña Magdalena used to make him the dispenser of the alms of bread and money , which were given at her gate on stated days to the poor ; and her ...
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... Castillian prose , of the old and popular French poem , called Le Chevalier Délibéré , an allegory , composed some twenty years before , by Oliver de la Marche , in honour of the ducal house of Bur- gundy . Fernando de Acuña , a soldier ...
... Castillian prose , of the old and popular French poem , called Le Chevalier Délibéré , an allegory , composed some twenty years before , by Oliver de la Marche , in honour of the ducal house of Bur- gundy . Fernando de Acuña , a soldier ...
Page 76
... Castillian fellow - servants . The doctor of the court was a young Fleming , named Henry Mathys , or , in the Spanish form , Mathisio . He had not held the appointment long , and there being much sickness at Xarandilla , it was thought ...
... Castillian fellow - servants . The doctor of the court was a young Fleming , named Henry Mathys , or , in the Spanish form , Mathisio . He had not held the appointment long , and there being much sickness at Xarandilla , it was thought ...
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afterwards Alba amongst archbishop arrived attended Austria Bakhuizen bishop bishop of Arras Borja brother Bruxelles Carranza Castille Castillian chamberlain Chap Charles the Fifth church cloister confessor convent count of Oropesa court crown death despatches Don John Don Luis Doña ducats duke duke of Alba emperor empress Escorial Estremadura father favour favourite Flanders France Fray Juan French friars garden Gaztelu Gonzalez gout hand heretics holy honour household imperial infanta Jerome Jeromite Jesuit John of Austria Juana king Lady letter likewise Lisbon Luis de Avila Luis Quixada Madrid majesty Mary master monastery monks Navarre night noble palace Philip the Second Plasencia pope Portugal prelate prince princess princess-regent prior Quacos queen of Hungary Quixada received regent Regla retired royal Sandoval secretary sent Seville Siguença soon Spain Spanish thousand ducats tion Titian Toledo took Torriano Valladolid Vazquez Vida Villagarcia wrote Xarandilla Yuste
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